Visitors entering the United States must be fully vaccinated.

A White House representative announced that the agency is developing a "consistent and safe international travel policy" under which foreign nationals entering the U.S. will have to demonstrate that they have completed their vaccinations, except in certain exceptional cases.

This plan will be implemented when the country lifts international travel restrictions. It is unclear when travel restrictions will be eased, as the US is currently facing a new outbreak of the Delta variant.

In the first two weeks of August, the US recorded over 1.5 million new cases, more than three times the number of new cases in the second and third-ranked countries on this list, Iran and India. The average number of new cases over 7 days in the US reached 135,000, far exceeding other countries.

After a sharp decline at the beginning of the year, Covid-19 cases are rising again due to a somewhat slower pace of vaccination.

The U.S. is working to persuade millions of eligible citizens to get vaccinated as soon as possible. Currently, about 70% of adults in the U.S. have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

In addition, the US government recommends that Americans receive a booster shot after having received the full two-dose regimen of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccine to protect against the Delta variant that is spreading rapidly across the country.

The policy regarding booster shots will depend on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of additional injections.

Members of nursing homes and healthcare workers are likely to be among the first to receive the booster shot, as early as September. The next group will be older adults who received their second dose in late 2020.

According to the plan, Americans will receive the same type of vaccine as the ones they received previously.

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